@drjfleet.bsky.social
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine www.nytimes.com/interactive/.... Every working scientist knows this but it is depressing to see it laid out. @nytimes.com @standupforscience.bsky.social @scifri.bsky.social
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine www.nytimes.com/interactive/.... Every working scientist knows this but it is depressing to see it laid out. @nytimes.com @standupforscience.bsky.social @scifri.bsky.social
You Might Have Already Fallen for MAHA’s Conspiracy Theories www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
This video is worth 15 minutes of your time. It summarizes the MAHA mindset and the dangers of its extreme elements.
This video is worth 15 minutes of your time. It summarizes the MAHA mindset and the dangers of its extreme elements.
Opinion | You Might Have Already Fallen for MAHA’s Conspiracy Theories
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
You Might Have Already Fallen for MAHA’s Conspiracy Theories www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
This video is worth 15 minutes of your time. It summarizes the MAHA mindset and the dangers of its extreme elements.
This video is worth 15 minutes of your time. It summarizes the MAHA mindset and the dangers of its extreme elements.
Stop the ICE Workplace Raids by @Peggynoonannyc. Peggy noonan’s opinions can drive me crazy. But her WSJ Column today got it right
August 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Stop the ICE Workplace Raids by @Peggynoonannyc. Peggy noonan’s opinions can drive me crazy. But her WSJ Column today got it right
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti.... Is there any chance anyone will listen?
RFK Jr. Is Making America Sick Again. Republicans Need a Cure
GOP lawmakers will pay dearly — in lives and votes — for not reining in a peddler of junk science and anti-vax conspiracies.
www.bloomberg.com
July 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti.... Is there any chance anyone will listen?
You got that right.
We can dig it: @maddow.msnbc.com calling bullshit on RFK's #HHS brand of #BadScience
"RFK sent Congress 'medical disinformation' to defend COVID vaccine schedule change."
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Dont let these bastards win. Stand up, fight back, save science w/ us here zurl.co/Igsss
#StandUpForScience
"RFK sent Congress 'medical disinformation' to defend COVID vaccine schedule change."
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Dont let these bastards win. Stand up, fight back, save science w/ us here zurl.co/Igsss
#StandUpForScience
Rachel Maddow (@maddow.msnbc.com)
"The HHS document says that another paper it cites found 'an increase in placental blood clotting in pregnant mothers who took the vaccine.'
But the paper doesn't contain any reference to placental blood clots or to pregnant women."
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/13/nx-s1-5431935/rfk-hhs-covid-vaccine-schedule-faq
zurl.co
June 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
You got that right.
The Austin No Kings event was packed with people of all ages. I couldn’t hear the speak but the crowd and their signs were inspiring. @standupforscience.bsky.social @nytimes.com
June 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The Austin No Kings event was packed with people of all ages. I couldn’t hear the speak but the crowd and their signs were inspiring. @standupforscience.bsky.social @nytimes.com
June 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Just got word the Chicago No Kings event is filling multiple city blocks. Please post what you’re seeing Austin event starts at 5 pm. @standupforscience.bsky.social @nytimes.com
June 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Just got word the Chicago No Kings event is filling multiple city blocks. Please post what you’re seeing Austin event starts at 5 pm. @standupforscience.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/o.... A well argued article. But So many people have been saying this and it does seem that anyone is listening. How do we motivate GOP legislators to push back and save US science? @standupforscience.bsky.social @nytimes.com
Opinion | Red-State Universities Will Get Hit by Trump’s Cuts, Too
www.nytimes.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/o.... A well argued article. But So many people have been saying this and it does seem that anyone is listening. How do we motivate GOP legislators to push back and save US science? @standupforscience.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h.... RFK he continues to prove he is an unmitigated disaster for American healthcare.
Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h.... RFK he continues to prove he is an unmitigated disaster for American healthcare.
www.chronicle.com/article/the-.... Based on this article it looks like Santa Ono has no honor or no spine to say what he really believes. Academia doesn’t need people like him in leadership
Opinion | The Ruination of Santa Ono
When an accomplished man is reduced to pandering, it’s a sad spectacle.
www.chronicle.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
www.chronicle.com/article/the-.... Based on this article it looks like Santa Ono has no honor or no spine to say what he really believes. Academia doesn’t need people like him in leadership
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/w... @nytimes.com Read this and you’ll start to understand how dumb the current attack on science is going to hurt the US.
World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 12:59 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/w... @nytimes.com Read this and you’ll start to understand how dumb the current attack on science is going to hurt the US.
Does the President Want to Fix Harvard or Destroy It? by @jasonrileywsj This is the issue. It’s short sighted, it undercuts the power of American academia, and it is hurting the US, not just Harvard
May 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Does the President Want to Fix Harvard or Destroy It? by @jasonrileywsj This is the issue. It’s short sighted, it undercuts the power of American academia, and it is hurting the US, not just Harvard
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/u... @NYTimes. More anti science policy from republicans in Florida and HHS. What’s next? Taking iodine out of table salt ( goiter prevention)? Vitamin d out of milk (bone health)? Folate out of flour (blocks neural tube defects)?
Florida Just Banned Fluoride From Public Water. Here’s What to Know.
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/u... @NYTimes. More anti science policy from republicans in Florida and HHS. What’s next? Taking iodine out of table salt ( goiter prevention)? Vitamin d out of milk (bone health)? Folate out of flour (blocks neural tube defects)?
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/b.... Theyre canceling studies on misinformation bc it interferes with people’s 1st amendment rights? First, the studies don’t do that - Even still, lying may be protected speech but to is calling people out for it. @nytimes.com @standupforscience.bsky.social #science
Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation
www.nytimes.com
May 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/b.... Theyre canceling studies on misinformation bc it interferes with people’s 1st amendment rights? First, the studies don’t do that - Even still, lying may be protected speech but to is calling people out for it. @nytimes.com @standupforscience.bsky.social #science
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Economists warn: Trump’s science cuts threaten the U.S. economy.
Slashing funding for NIH, NSF, and NASA hurts every American. These cuts are killing jobs, stalling innovation, and shrinking our economic future.
We all pay the price when science is defunded.
www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...
Slashing funding for NIH, NSF, and NASA hurts every American. These cuts are killing jobs, stalling innovation, and shrinking our economic future.
We all pay the price when science is defunded.
www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...
Economists warn Trump's research cuts could have dire consequences for GDP
President Trump has proposed slashing federal scientific funding. Economists say the long-term consequences could be dire.
www.npr.org
May 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Economists warn: Trump’s science cuts threaten the U.S. economy.
Slashing funding for NIH, NSF, and NASA hurts every American. These cuts are killing jobs, stalling innovation, and shrinking our economic future.
We all pay the price when science is defunded.
www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...
Slashing funding for NIH, NSF, and NASA hurts every American. These cuts are killing jobs, stalling innovation, and shrinking our economic future.
We all pay the price when science is defunded.
www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...
Check out this article from USA TODAY:
Trump administration deems Harvard ineligible for new federal research grants
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
This is really outrageous.
Trump administration deems Harvard ineligible for new federal research grants
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
This is really outrageous.
Trump administration deems Harvard ineligible for new federal research grants
The Education Department notified Harvard University on Monday that it would be ineligible for new federal research grants.
www.usatoday.com
May 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Check out this article from USA TODAY:
Trump administration deems Harvard ineligible for new federal research grants
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
This is really outrageous.
Trump administration deems Harvard ineligible for new federal research grants
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
This is really outrageous.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/.... This puts what the Trump administration has done in stark relief with history
@nytimes.com
@nytimes.com
Are Trump’s Actions Truly Unprecedented? We Asked 35 Historians.
We categorized 22 of Mr. Trump’s actions, ranging from those that have no comparable historical example to those that do.
www.nytimes.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
www.nytimes.com/interactive/.... This puts what the Trump administration has done in stark relief with history
@nytimes.com
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b.... This story is the most damming yet about the short sightedness of cutting this science budget….we need legislators to step up and stop the madness of defunding US science. #science @standupforscience.bsky.social @aacr @asbmr @aaas
Trump’s Cuts to Science Funding Could Hurt U.S. Economy, Study Shows
Reducing federal support for research and development could cause long-run economic damage and reduce government revenue.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:09 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b.... This story is the most damming yet about the short sightedness of cutting this science budget….we need legislators to step up and stop the madness of defunding US science. #science @standupforscience.bsky.social @aacr @asbmr @aaas
Here is my story on the NCI's Board of Scientific Advisors being disbanded. I have confirmed with a number of the members now.
National Cancer Institute Apparently Shouldn't Bother With All That Pesky Science
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I hope we get our representatives to wake up and act before it’s too late. True lasting damage is being done. @standupforscience.bsky.social #science
We are happy to see Sharyn Alfonsi and @60minutes.bsky.social covering the existential crisis facing science in the United States.
Huge swaths of the public are unaware of Trump's dismantling of research. From big media stories to conversations with friends--every bit counts!
#standupforscience
Huge swaths of the public are unaware of Trump's dismantling of research. From big media stories to conversations with friends--every bit counts!
#standupforscience
Nearly 800 NIH grants have been terminated so far, including some focused on HIV and AIDS, trans health, and COVID-19, after researchers were told their work was no longer an agency priority. https://cbsn.ws/3YkDndI
April 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I hope we get our representatives to wake up and act before it’s too late. True lasting damage is being done. @standupforscience.bsky.social #science
What do scientists do? We think, we do, we meet. Today starts the main program of the American Association for Cancer Research meeting. Big room full of motivated people. @theaacr.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
What do scientists do? We think, we do, we meet. Today starts the main program of the American Association for Cancer Research meeting. Big room full of motivated people. @theaacr.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/h...
Come on…..seriously? This program works. It’s a volunteer driven, public-private partnership. What is not to like? @nytimes.com
Come on…..seriously? This program works. It’s a volunteer driven, public-private partnership. What is not to like? @nytimes.com
Trump Cuts Threaten Agency Running Meals on Wheels
A tiny division responsible for overseeing services for people with disabilities and older Americans is being dismantled as part of an overhaul by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/h...
Come on…..seriously? This program works. It’s a volunteer driven, public-private partnership. What is not to like? @nytimes.com
Come on…..seriously? This program works. It’s a volunteer driven, public-private partnership. What is not to like? @nytimes.com